| Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 29, 2002 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 68436 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 39 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Ricky Williams 8 run (Olindo Mare kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Ricky Williams 14 run (Olindo Mare kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Antowain Smith 11 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | James McKnight 32 pass from Jay Fiedler (Olindo Mare kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 41 FG | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 36 FG | 21 | 13 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Olindo Mare 28 FG | 24 | 13 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Troy Brown 3 pass from Tom Brady (Christian Fauria pass from Tom Brady) | 24 | 21 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 43 FG | 24 | 24 |
| 5 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 35 FG | 24 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Chris Chambers |
| 80 | WR | James McKnight |
| 63 | LOT | Mark Dixon |
| 68 | LOG | Seth McKinney |
| 61 | C | Tim Ruddy |
| 75 | ROG | Todd Perry |
| 71 | ROT | Todd Wade |
| 81 | TE | Randy McMichael |
| 82 | TE | Jed Weaver |
| 9 | QB | Jay Fiedler |
| 34 | HB | Ricky Williams |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Adewale Ogunleye |
| 95 | LDT | Tim Bowens |
| 64 | RDT | Larry Chester |
| 99 | RDE | Jason Taylor |
| 52 | SLB | Morlon Greenwood |
| 54 | MLB | Zach Thomas |
| 59 | WLB | Derrick Rodgers |
| 23 | LCB | Patrick Surtain |
| 27 | SS | Arturo Freeman |
| 31 | FS | Brock Marion |
| 29 | RCB | Sam Madison |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Troy Brown |
| 86 | WR | David Patten |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 77 | LOG | Mike Compton |
| 65 | C | Damien Woody |
| 63 | ROG | Joe Andruzzi |
| 70 | ROT | Adrian Klemm |
| 82 | TE | Christian Fauria |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 32 | RB | Antowain Smith |
| 44 | FB | Marc Edwards |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Bobby Hamilton |
| 96 | LDT | Rick Lyle |
| 93 | RDT | Richard Seymour |
| 98 | RDE | Anthony Pleasant |
| 50 | LLB | Mike Vrabel |
| 52 | MLB | Ted Johnson |
| 94 | RLB | Roman Phifer |
| 24 | LCB | Ty Law |
| 36 | SS | Lawyer Milloy |
| 27 | FS | Victor Green |
| 22 | RCB | Terrell Buckley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Ricky Williams | 31 | 185 | 6.0 | 30 | 2 |
| Chris Chambers | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Jay Fiedler | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Travis Minor | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Antowain Smith | 19 | 55 | 2.9 | 11t | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Jay Fiedler | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 0 | 110 | 4.4 | 32t | 1 | 2 | 7 | 70.4 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 44 | 25 | 56.8 | 1 | 221 | 5.0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 68.5 |
| David Patten | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Dedric Ward | 4 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Randy McMichael | 5 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| James McKnight | 3 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Rob Konrad | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chris Chambers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cris Carter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | 15 | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 12 | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 19 | 1 |
| David Patten | 10 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 20 | 0 |
| David Givens | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Christian Fauria | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Brock Marion | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Mark Royals | 8 | 279 | 34.9 | 48 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ken Walter | 6 | 222 | 37.0 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Dedric Ward | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Troy Brown | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||
| Olindo Mare | 6 | 342 | 57.0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 5 | 300 | 60.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Travis Minor | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 20 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| J.R. Redmond | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Jay Williams | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Anthony Pleasant | 1.0 | |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Marion | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Rodgers | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Wooden | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morlon Greenwood | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Chester | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Taylor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Bowens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arturo Freeman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Surtain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adewale Ogunleye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamar Fletcher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Galyon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Madison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Hendricks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott McGarrahan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bowens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Gamble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Haley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
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